“IT STARTS WITH US” by Colleen Hoover

I was very happy to read in 2022 Lily and Atlas’ story!

“Dear Lily, 

I’m used to writing you letters that no one else will ever read, which may be why I had a difficult time when I first attempted to write these vows.

But vows aren’t meant to be something you make in private. The purpose of a vow is to make an intentional promise that is witnessed, whether it’s witnessed by God, or friends, and family.

It has to make you wonder, though, or at least it made me wonder what the purpose is behind the need for a public vow. I couldn’t stop my mind from questioning what must have happened in the past to create the necessity for love to be witnessed.

Does it mean that somewhere along the way, a promise was broken? A heart was shattered?

It’s disappointing if you really sit and think about why vows even exist.
If we trusted everyone to keep their word, vows wouldn’t be necessary.
People would fall in love, and they’d stay in love, faithfully, forever, the end.

But that’s the issue, I guess. We’re people. We’re human. And humans can sometimes be disappointing.”

Kindle, 2022